Lefty Gomez

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 173lb (188cm, 78kg)

Born: November 26, 1908 in Rodeo, CA us

Died: February 17, 1989 in Greenbrae, CA

Buried: Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, CA

High School: Richmond HS (Richmond, CA)

Debut: April 29, 1930 (Age 21-154d, 7,083rd in major league history)
vs. WSH 4.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: May 30, 1943 (Age 34-185d)
vs. CHW 4.2 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1972. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Lefty Gomez's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Vernon Louis Gomez

Nicknames: Goofy

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

38.7

189

102

ERA

3.34

368

320

2503.0

1468

WHIP

1.352

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-12 / in Starts: 20-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	265	2	Apr 19(1)	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	8.0	5	3	2	4	3	0	0	2.25	3.80	33	12	9	0	2	5	61			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.60	0.005	3.74	0.01%	2.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
2	266	6	Apr 23	NYY		WSH	L,4-7	GS-7	L(1-1)	3	6.2	7	6	3	5	5	0	0	3.07	3.80	34	10	8	0	0	6	42			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	2	1.36	-0.362	3.18	-0.51%	-2.28	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d2
3	267	11	Apr 28	NYY		BOS	L,1-6	GS-4	L(1-2)	4	4.0	8	6	5	3	3	0	0	4.82	3.80	24	7	3	0	1	8	24			0	0	0	21	3	1	0	1	0	2	1.12	-0.307	2.95	-0.49%	-3.55	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	268	14	May 1	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(1-3)	2	8.0	8	4	3	2	4	0	0	4.39	3.50	31	16	2	2	0	7	54			2	1	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.079	3.02	-0.14%	0.51	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
5	269	19	May 7	NYY		DET	W,12-8	GS-7	W(2-3)	5	6.1	8	7	5	4	5	0	0	4.91	3.48	30	4	10	1	1	7	34			0	0	0	26	2	2	0	0	0	0	.46	0.096	1.51	0.19%	-2.48	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out a4
6	270	22	May 12	NYY		CLE	L,2-3	CG	L(2-4)	4	9.0	4	3	1	5	5	0	0	4.07	3.50	36	12	12	4	0	2	71			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.10	0.183	4.61	0.46%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
7	271	25	May 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,11-7	GS-5		5	4.0	6	6	6	5	2	1	0	4.89	3.99	23	7	3	0	0	6	23			0	1	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.288	3.71	-0.52%	-2.61	1b start a 2	5b 12- 0 out a3
8	272	28	May 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-9	GS-4	L(2-5)	5	3.2	10	8	8	2	2	1	0	5.98	4.22	23	5	4	0	2	10	9			0	0	0	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.432	4.56	-1.14%	-6.01	1b start tie	4b --3 2 out d6
9	273	34	May 30(2)	NYY		BOS	W,5-4	CG	W(3-5)	5	9.0	9	4	4	6	5	0	0	5.68	4.18	41	13	8	0	0	9	52			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.20	0.194	4.28	0.42%	1.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	274	40	Jun 5	NYY		SLB	L,5-6	GS-5	L(3-6)	5	5.0	9	5	5	4	1	0	0	5.94	4.24	26	8	4	0	0	9	26			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.43	-0.260	4.87	-0.53%	-1.94	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
11	275	46	Jun 10	NYY		CLE	W,8-2	CG	W(4-6)	4	9.0	7	2	2	2	6	0	0	5.45	4.01	36	9	13	0	4	6	69			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.180	3.86	0.46%	3.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
12	276	51	Jun 18	NYY	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(4-7)	7	8.0	6	1	1	3	6	0	0	5.02	3.88	30	8	7	0	2	6	69			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.84	0.316	3.33	0.76%	3.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
13	277	56	Jun 22(1)	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(4-8)	3	8.0	3	3	2	2	5	0	0	4.77	3.76	29	6	13	3	5	3	69			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	1	.48	-0.028	2.49	-0.09%	1.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
14	278	62	Jun 29(1)	NYY		PHA	W,10-0	SHO	W(5-8)	6	9.0	4	0	0	7	7	0	0	4.33	3.77	35	10	7	1	0	4	79			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	3	0	0	.68	0.248	2.48	0.55%	5.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	279	67	Jul 3	NYY		BOS	W,9-3	CG	W(6-8)	3	9.0	10	3	2	4	2	1	0	4.13	3.90	41	10	15	1	0	10	55			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	2	0	2	.98	0.195	5.31	0.64%	2.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
16	280	72	Jul 10	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-6	GS-8	L(6-9)	6	7.1	12	6	6	3	4	0	0	4.34	3.86	37	8	10	0	0	12	31			0	0	0	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.45	-0.305	9.54	-1.21%	-1.17	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 1 out d1
17	281	77	Jul 15	NYY		DET	W,3-0	SHO(6)	W(7-9)	4	6.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.13	3.75	21	8	6	0	2	3	70			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.93	0.361	5.16	1.21%	3.67	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
18	282	81	Jul 24(1)	NYY		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(8-9)	8	9.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.84	3.69	37	13	10	0	0	6	77			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.628	7.29	2.11%	5.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	283	87	Jul 29	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	W(9-9)	4	9.0	10	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.72	3.62	37	11	11	0	0	10	60			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.70	0.476	9.56	1.61%	2.68	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	284	91	Aug 2	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	GS-6	L(9-10)	3	6.0	7	4	3	0	4	1	0	3.75	3.63	26	12	6	1	0	4	48			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.079	4.01	-0.26%	-0.07	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
21	285	95	Aug 6	NYY	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	W(10-10)	3	9.0	9	3	2	0	4	0	0	3.65	3.54	36	11	12	0	2	9	63			1	0	0	36	0	1	0	0	0	0	.80	0.277	7.09	1.48%	2.40	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
22	286	99	Aug 11	NYY		WSH	W,9-6	GS-8	W(11-10)	4	7.0	13	3	3	2	6	0	0	3.66	3.48	34	6	7	2	1	13	43			0	0	0	32	4	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.080	3.42	0.23%	0.44	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out a6
23	287	105	Aug 16(1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,16-1	CG	W(12-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	1	3.51	3.45	35	8	13	0	6	6	74			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.178	1.37	0.31%	4.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a15
24	288	111	Aug 21(1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	W(13-10)	4	9.0	10	4	3	3	4	1	0	3.49	3.51	40	9	14	1	0	10	54			1	1	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	0.118	1.24	0.09%	1.29	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
25	289	117	Aug 25(1)	NYY		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(14-10)	3	9.0	5	2	1	6	3	0	0	3.37	3.55	36	12	10	0	0	5	68			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	3	0	1	1.06	0.352	.86	0.17%	3.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	290	124	Aug 29	NYY		SLB	W,8-4	CG	W(15-10)	3	9.0	13	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.40	3.60	41	11	14	1	2	11	46			0	0	0	39	1	1	0	1	0	0	.80	0.270	.14	0.03%	1.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	291	129	Sep 3	NYY		BOS	L,3-9	GS-6	L(15-11)	4	5.0	11	8	8	4	0	0	0	3.67	3.64	30	10	5	0	2	11	9			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	1	0	1	.87	-0.332	.06	-0.01%	-4.35	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d6
28	292	134	Sep 8	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(16-11)	4	9.0	5	0	0	6	4	0	0	3.51	3.67	35	10	10	2	2	5	75			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.539	.13	0.03%	5.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
29	293	140	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	W(17-11)	7	9.0	11	4	3	2	6	1	0	3.49	3.67	38	11	8	0	0	11	55			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.24	0.371	.00	0.00%	1.90	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
30	294	146	Sep 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG(8)	L(17-12)	4	8.0	5	5	0	5	7	0	0	3.37	3.65	35	13	5	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	3	.84	-0.155	.00	0.00%	0.05	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
31	295	152	Sep 27	NYY		WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(18-12)	5	9.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.32	3.61	33	13	9	0	0	8	66			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	2	0	0	.73	0.402	.00	0.00%	3.51	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
32	296	157	Oct 2	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-1	GS-3		4	3.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.28	3.61	12	2	5	0	0	1	57			0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.178	.00	0.00%	1.93	1b start tie	3b 3 out a1
							20-12		W-L:18-12	4.4	239.0	239	110	87	99	129	7	1	3.28	3.61	1035	1.12		3%	6%	228	53		---%	5	4	0	922	44	13	0	30	0	23	1.02	3.020	3.30	5.83%	37.66

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